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Exoristos 8 hours ago

4. It is ἐνέργεια, direct spark, of the God. It can be described but not comprehended, imitated but not replicated.

Windchaser 6 hours ago | parent [-]

to be fair, at one time "life" was also seen this way. "There's a magic sauce, an elan vital, that makes living organisms live".

But in the end, it turned out to be biochemistry.

I think, given our history, it makes sense to be skeptical of claims that suggest that the things we don't yet understand cannot be comprehended or replicated.